Gastroptychus formosus ( Filhol, 1884 )

Baba, Keiji, Macpherson, Enrique, Poore, Gary C. B., Ahyong, Shane T., Bermudez, Adriana, Cabezas, Patricia, Lin, Chia-Wei, Nizinski, Martha, Rodrigues, Celso & Schnabel, Kareen E., 2008, Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura-families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae), Zootaxa 1905 (1), pp. 1-220 : 22

Gastroptychus formosus ( Filhol, 1884)

Ptychogaster formosus Filhol, 1884: 231 , fig. 3. — Filhol, 1885: 136, fig. 3. — Perrier, 1886: 295, fig. 214. — A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1894a: 205, 216, figs 6, 20. — A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1900: 350, pl. 3, fig. 2, pl. 32, figs 1–5 (off Rochefort, 44º 59´N, 6º 29´W, S of Cape Bojador, 882–1480 m).

Chirostylus formosus . — Bouvier, 1922: 49 (Canary Islands, 1786 m). — Bouvier, 1940: 158, figs, 118, 119, pl. 5, fig. 8 (compilation). — Zariquiey Álvarez, 1968: 262, fig. 92 (no record).

Gastroptychus formosus . — Caullery, 1896: 391 (Bay of Biscay, 1700 m). — Kemp, 1910: 414 (Bay of Biscay, 762–821 m). — Selbie, 1914: 62, pl. 9, figs 2–8, pl. 10, fig. 1 ( Ireland). — Pohle & Macpherson, 1995: 484, fig. 1 (off Scotian Shelf southwest of Banquereau Bank, between Shortland Canyon and The Gully (43°56´N, 58°32´W), 745– 800 m. — García Raso, 1996: 738 (NW Morocco, 1378 m). — d’Udekem d’Acoz, 1999: 158 (compilation). — Ingle & Christiansen, 2004: 112, fig. 89 (compilation).

Type data: syntypes, 1 ovigerous female, MNHN-Ga 521; 2 females, 2 specimens (sex indet.), MNHN-Ga 337.

Type locality: off Rochefort, 44º59´N, 6º 29´W, S of Cape Bojador , 882–1480 m .